Tag for textile fabrics



Oct. 23 .1923.

A. C. HUMMEL TAG FOR TEXTILE FABRICS Filed June 1 1921 Patented Oct. 23,1923.

AUGUST CARL HUMMEL, or ciNcINNa'ri, oiiio, nssiGNon fro A. xiiunennoo.,or

' NEW Yonx, N. Y., A COMPANY or NEWy Yoan. f

Tae Noia rnxfriiiri nannies. s

Application filed "June 1', 1921'. Serial No. :474,132. i

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, AUGUST CARL HUM- MEL a citizen ofthe United States,residing vat incinnati, in the county of'I-lainilton 7:10 labelingtextile goods andV fabrics andhas particular reference to the structuralfeatures by which it may be attached to' the goods or fabric. As is wellknown, tickets or tags, usually made of paper, comparatively thincardboard,or other analogous material having a surface containingprinted or written data, are placed on .textilegoods and fabrics to besold, and various means have been employed heretofore for holding such'tags or tickets in place. The fastening means has usually beensomething separate and distinct lfrom Y such as glue or paste, or stringor stitching or small wire staples passing through the tag and fabric,but each of these has some objectionable characteristic such as injuringthe fabric or 'diiiiculty in applying and removing the ta'g. "kWhere theattempt has been made to dispense with such separate means forfasteningv and to includeI the lfastening means as apart of or attachedto the tag or ticket in such way as to avoid unctures'in the fabric, ithas heretofore been found necessary .to use an excessive amount j ofmaterial in the tag land to add structural features which involveprohibitive cost cornpared to the advantages over other known means,Vand the results have not been satisfactory for additional reasons.'According to the present invention, a complete tag with its fasteningmeans may bev cut at one operation of a properly shaped cutting diefromv 'a sheet of material such as'cardboard of the proper thickness ofthe exact size desired,

with no waste of material,` thus insuring theutmost ease andvec'onomy'inmanufacture. The tag so out may be securely attached to the fabric onthe margin Y without puncturing' the fabricor injuring it in any waybeyond fold. The tag may also be removed easily without the slightestdanger of injuring the 1 fabric. j The novel features willbe Imore ings.

the tag or ticket itself,

one f ace slightly removedfrom' by simple hand manipulationthe'other.V

causing some. lines of- 'fully understood .from the following. de-

scription and claims taken with vthe drawln the drawing's'z" i" .y I I lif Figurel is a lfront jtag withf'its detachable tab-embodying theinvention.'

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the tag lapplied to the-face -ofapiece of textile fabric and secured-thereto throughv the .co-

operative action of the tag, the tab, andV the fabric, and i Figure 3 isan enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

viewV `of'a complete y l Figure l isa front View of a tag embody- Y ingthe invention showing a 'modified form of slot in the tag. f-l Y ln theparticular embodiment of the' invention shown, for purposes ofillustration the main body 10 of the `tag is' rectangular in form withrounded corners for neatness,Y

and centrally atthe top 'there' is a tab extension l1,`circular in form,and integrally connected tothe main body at its facingv edge by thenarrow and short strip 12. The

main 'body `10,'tab `l1, an'dfconnecting strip 12, are cut from asingleflat sheetof material of such stiffness and 'thickness as to maintainits shape under Athe usual condiltionsvofus'e, and l prefer for'thispurpose comparatively thincardboard of the type generallyv used 'invtags, lalthough the invention is ofy course'not limited to the useofanypa'rticular materialso long as it-has the characteristics desired.Within the margin of the main body 10 an opening. 13V is formed, and itis preferably lin the shapeof a vertical slot'centrally arranged belowthe tab 11, and-is preferably slightly longer y.

than the diameter of tab '11. This slot vor opening however is of suchvwidth that a folded section of the fabricl toV which it is to be appliedmay vbe'pulled through it and also such that when tab llis-re'moved fromthe main body ll() bybreakingthe connecting strip4 12 and placed flatvover said slot Athe tab will voverlap the side edges substantiallythroughout its length from one end to The voutlined rectangular space14: below slot`l3 is'adaptedfto, receive any written or `printed dataVor'."information which the cardis/toca'rry. y 1

' In applying the tagto apieceof textile fabric `the Vfordislr 1l istorn or pulled loose from the main body 10, breaking the connectingstrip 12, and this tab is then inserted beneath the fabric edgewise toform a small fold, and the fabric and tab or disk thrust through theslot, 4after which the tag is turned parallel to the main body 10. Thismay be accomplished by pulling one margin of the folded fabricimmediately adjacent the slot on the side from which the folded fabricoriginally passed through the slot in the reverse direction which willtwist the disk around to parallel position where it will serve as aclasp somewhat similarly7 to the button of a garter when -it is thrustalong with the fabric to the narrow part of the clasp. Thus the fabricencloses the tab in a pocket 16 consisting as shown in Figure 3 ofcontinuous fabric passing through slot 13 and up over the tab at allpoints around its margin. A pull on the fabric around the opening on theside opposite to the tab will make the pocket fit tight on it and holdit close against the main body and give a neat appearance. The tag 10may be made to occupy a position at the desired distance from the edgeof the fabric by pulling the fabric up while holding the tag, so thatthe material will frictionally move in through the opening over the taband out through the opening, whereupon the tag or fabric Y may be thrustout of the slot again.

`While this change in the position of the tag may be brought about bydeliberate intent and by the use of suflicient force, it cannot occuraccidentally through any conditions to which suchA fabric is ordinarilysubjected, but on the contrary the tag will remain permanently Whereapplied.

In use if. desired, a strip of paper 17, shown in dotted lines in Figure2, may be pasted to the main body 10 and extend over the pocket 16 offabric containing the tab or y key 11, to prevent or detect tamperingwith the tag, and it may have on it any printed notice or warningdesired.

Furthermore the principle of my invention is obviously open to endlessmodification. Thus in Figure l I have shown a form of slot which haswide ends as at 20, and a mere slit or knife cut as at 21 between theends. The locking feature, by means of the stripV 17, takes the place ofexpensive sealed tags of the present time and absolutely preventsremoval of the tag without exposure to detection, as in wearing agarment and' then returning it to the seller.

As is evident, the disks could be furnished separately from the tags andmade of any desired material and shape and while lf have shown twospecific embodiments of my invention, it is of course understood thatmyl invetnion is not limited to the particular form of the parts shownbeyond what the terms of the claims require.

Having thus described my invention, what narines is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a mainbodyconsisting of a flat card having a slot therethrough with closedends, and a tab constituting an integral extension from said card at oneedge, the connection being narrow and easily breakable and the tab beingof such size and shape as to lit over the slot opening sub stantiallyfrom one end to the other.

2. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a flat mainbody portion of cardboard having 'therein a slot with closed ends nearone edge and a circular tab extension from one edge integrally connectedtherewith by a narrow strip and of such size as to fit ovei` said slotbetween its ends.

3. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a flat mainbody portion of cardboard having therein a slot with closed ends, and atab of cardboard detachably secured toA the main body portion and ofsuch size and shape as to fit over the slot overlapping its side edges.

4. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a bodyportion adapted to bear identifying marks, said body portion having anenclosed slot therein, and a disklike locking button sufficiently thinto pass readily edgewise through the slot and of sufficient area tooverlap the walls of the slot when turned parallel with the bodyportion.

5. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a bodyportion adapted i `to bear identifying marks, said body portion havingan enclosed slot therein, and a disk or the like adapted to passedgewise but not frontally through the slot, said disk comprising anintegral part of the body connected thereto by a frangible neck.

6. The combination with a piece of textile fabric of a labeling tagthereon composed of cardboard having therein a slot closed at its endsthrough which a contirr nous pocket of said fabric extends from oneside, and a button like disk in said pocket fitting it closely and lyingparallel with,

close to and entirely at the other side of said tag at said slot lockingthe tag on. the

fabric.

7. The combination with a piece of textile fabric of a labeling tagthereon composed of cardboard having therein a slot closed at its endsthrough which a continuous pocket of said fabric extends from one side,and a button like disk in said pocket fitting it closely and lyingparallel and close to said tag at said slot locking the tag on thefabric, a sealing strip secured to the body of said on opposite sides ofsaid disk containing pocket and extending across it in close contactwith it.

8. The combination with a piece of textile fabric of a labeling tagthereon having an enclosed slot therein through which a complete fold ofthe fabric a material distance from its margin extends in pocket likeform Vand a disk or the like having a Width and` length materiallygreater than the Width 0f said slot held tightly in and substantiallyenclosed by said pocket like fold close along and across said slotentirely on the side of said ta opposite to that on which the main bodyo? the fabric is.

9. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics, comprising a flat bodyof cardboard having an opening therein and a fiat locking tab of thesame material so proportioned in size and shape to the size and shape ofthe opening that, when the fabric is passed through the opening anddrawn over the tab with the tab lying parallel With and above the faceof the body and covered by the fabric, the fabric and tab are heldagainst Withdrawal down through the opening.

10. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising a flat mainbody portion and an inte ral tab portion of cardboard, the said bo y yportion having therein an opening of a size and shape so related to thesize and shape of the tab portion that, when the fabric is passedthrough the opening and drawn over the tab with the tab lying parallelwith and above the face of the body and covered by the fabric, .thefabric andv tab are held against Withdrawal down through the opening.

11. A tag for labeling textile goods and fabrics comprising theconstruction defined in claim 10 1n which the tab lportion is con`nected'to the body portion by a narrow easily breakable connection.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

y AUGUST CARL HUMMEL.

